Miner&#39;s candlestick.



. No. 859,672. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

I H.LAUKKA.

MINERS GANDLES'IIGK;

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1907. Q

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- ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY LAUKKA, OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO OTTO A. IOIRIEH, OFVIRGINIA, MINNESOTA.

MINERS CANDLESTICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed January 10, 1907. Serial No. 351,621.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LAU KA, a citizen oi the United States, and aresident of Virginia, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota,have invented a new and Improved Miners Candlestick, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved minerscandle stick adapted to be folded into a small space for convenientlycarrying it in the pocket, and arranged to permit adjustment of thecandle holder so that the candle is held in an upright position, Whetherthe candle stick is attached to a wall, ceiling or floor, the adjustmentalso permitting of bringing the candle to the working side of a right orleft-handed miner.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more iuly described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement, showing the parts inposition for attaching the candle stick to the Wall; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a transversesection of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 2, andFig. 4 is a sideelevation of the improvement showing the shank and holder in verticalposition for the attachment of the stick to a ceiling.

The shank A of the candle stick is provided at one end with an integralhandle B, and at the other end with a point C pivoted at C to the shankA, and pressed on at its heel C by a fiat spring D attached to the shankA. By the arrangement described the point C may be readily swung into anextended, angular or folded position, the spring D holding the point Cin the assumed position.

The holder E for the candle is in the form of a split tube and isprovided at its base with an angular stem E made polygonal in crosssection and adapted to be seated in a correspondingly shaped seat formedtransversely in the shank A. The stem E terminates in a hook E locatedon the side of the shank opposite to the one having the holder E, andthe stem E is provided with a reduced portion E engaged by the forkedend of a spring F secured to one side of the shank A. Now by thearrangement described the spring F holds the polygonal stem E to itsseat in the shank A, thereby locking the candle holder E againstturning, but when the candle holder E is pulled outwardly to disengagethe polygonal stem E from its seat, then the candle holder can be turnedto bring it into either an angular or a folded position relative to theshank A, as will be readily understood by comparison of Figs. and-4. Nowon turning the candle holder E the hook E moves with it, it beingunderstood that the hook E is in axial alinement with the candle holderE.

By the arrangement described the point C can be readily extended ormoved into an angular or a folded position, and the candle holder E forholding the candle can be turned to assume either an angular or analined position relative to the shank A, and consequently the candlestick can be readily stuck with the point G into a wall, ceiling orfloor of a mine with the candle holder E in vertical position, so as toinsure proper burning of the candle. It will also be no ticed that thecandle holder E can be given a complete half turn from the positionshown in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to allow the use of the device either forright or left-handed miners, that is, to bring the candle to the workingside of the minor whether the latter is right-handed or left-handed.

The miners candlestick shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction and not liable to get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A miner's candle stick comprising a shank having a handle at one endand a point on the other end, a candle holder having an angular stemformed with a polygonal portion engaging a correspondingly shaped seaton the said shank, and a spring connected to the shank and hearing onthe said stem to hold the stem to its seat.

2. A miners candle stick comprising a shank having a transverselyextending polygonal seat, a candle holder having an angular stemprovided with a polygonal por tion adapted to be seated in the saidseat, the said stem having a reduced portion, and a spring secured tothe shank and having a forked end engaging the reduced portion of thestem to hold said stem to its seat.

3. A Ininers candle stick comprising a shank having a transverselyextending polygonal seat, a candle holder havingan angular stem providedwith a polygonal portion and terminating in a hook, the said polygonalportion being seated in the said seat and the said holder and hookextending on opposite sides of the said shank, and a spring for holdingthe said stem to its seat.

4. A miners candle stick comprising a shank having a transverselyextending polygonal seat, a candle holder having an angular stemprovided with a polygonal portion and terminating in a hookv the saidpolygonal portion being seated in the said seat and the said holder andhook extending on opposite sides of the said shank, and a spring securedat one end to the said shank and engaging at its other end the said stemto hold the polygonal portion thereof to the said seat.

5. A miners candle stick comprising a shank having a handle at one endand a point pivoted on the other end, a candle holder having an angularstem formed with a poly;- onal portion engaging a correspondingly shapedseat on the said shank, the said stem having a reduced portion, and aspring engaging the reduced portion and holding the said stem to itsseat.

6. A miners candlestick comprising a shank having a handle at one end, apoint pivoted at the other end and adapted to be extended in line withthe shank, or moved into an angular or a folded position relativethereto, means for holding the point in either of said positions, thesaid shank having a transversely extending seat, and a candle holderhaving a stem terminating" in a hook, the said stem engaging said seatin the shank, and the said candle holder and hook extending on oppositesides of the shank, and a spring for holding the said stem to its seat,the said spring being connected with the shank and bearing on the saidstem.

7. A miners candlestick comprising a shank having a i l l i ltransversely extendin seat, and a candle holder having an angular stemterminating in a hook and provided with a portion for engaging saidseat, the said stem being capable of being turned inreither an angularor an alined position relative to the said shank, the said candle holderand 7 book being in axial alinement with each other and extending onopposite sides of the said shank, the said stem having a reducedportion. and a spring having a forked end engaging the reduced portionof the stem to hold the stem to its seat.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY LAUKKA. Witnesses JACOB KANDELIS,

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